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IIRITISH ASSOCIATION OF
SPORT Ah'D F.XF.RC'I8E MEDICINE
REFFRFNCF AND ADhttTr*lSTRATIVE DEI TAIts
roR THE YEI AR ENDED 31 DEC&WIER 2011
TRUSTEES
Mrs L Woglit
Dr S Kluzek
T Allirdyee
Dr R Chai¢erjee
Dr K Breiinan (resigned 5.5.23)
Dr E Catniollt (resigned 25.8.231
Dr J Dunbar (resigned 21.8.23)
Dr R A Hawkes
Dt K Marino
A N Setli {Tesigned 4.11.231
Dr D A Vishnubala
Dr P IVneel¢r
Di T L£ggcti (appointed 7.11.23}
Dr J Wollg (appoiilled 7.11.12)
Dr R G Mitchejl {appoinied 7.11.23)
COfvIPANY SECRETARY
Dr R Cbatteriee
REGISTF.RFD OFFICE
Unit 3 Jetsiream Drivc
Auckley
Ih)nc&sLer
DN9 3QS
RTr"knIbTERCD COfvIPANY
NUMBER
01962979 (Englaod and Wales)
RCGISTEREI D CHARITY
NUMBCR
293854
AUDITORS
Xeiiiadiji Audit Limited
Sidings House
Sidings Ci)urt
Lakeside
Doncaster
South YorkshÈiz
DN4 5NU

iIRITISH ASSOCIATION or
SPORT AND EXERC:I.8E MF.DICINE
REI IJORT OF THE TRUSTELS
FOR THE YEAR Eh'DED 31 DECENIBER 2023
'The Uijstees wlio are also directors of the ch￿2tY For tlie pvrp05e5 of the Companies Ad 2006, p¥&%eni I1￿1V repoj'l with
the finaiicial stJteJi)ents of the chariiy foi. the year ended 31 December 2023. The trnstees havc adopted the provisi0115 of
A¢¢ouniing and Reporullg by Chariiies: Sta￿tile11[ of Recomnieiided Prac¢ice 2ppli¢able to chariiies prepai'iDg tliell.
accouiits iii accordance iviih the Financial Reporting Slandafd applicable ii) the UK and Republi¢ of Irelaiid (FRS 1021
{effective l JcTriiuary 20191.
STRUL'TURE, GOVEI RNANCB AND MANAGEhlENT
Goveiniiig docuiiieiit
The organisation is a charitable conipany litni*d by guatanke aEKI iegisieted in Fthgland. The ￿mpaThy iv&8 e8(alJlished
utJ4£er o Met)iorandunE of Asso¢iatioll thal established the objects and powe￿ of the chllritable conipany and is governed
by its Èoveiming documeryi and Arlicles of AssiKiaiion. In ihe event of the eonipany beiiig ivouiid up. ed¢h rnen)beY is
required (o Contribute an amount exceeding £1.
Reci'uitlll￿)t xppoinllljeiit of trustees
Tni.EleeR are appointed for up to 3 years and can bt re-el¢¢id for a fuEther 3 years, subieci to the n]les 12id down ITh tlie
Metnoranduni and Ariieles of Associaiion.
Oi'gonisation41 strnctUTe
The btsai'd meet ai least four limes a Yeattod￿l with the busillessof the Association is responsiblefor the gov￿.nanC
fraihework, lh¢ strdiegic dir¢¢iitsn and policy of ibe ¢lwiiy. Stsff m¢mber8 a]so aiietjd the meeiings but luve V￿Ing
poivers.
All de¢i.%ion% ot) policy c]1&18es, introd￿tti0￿ of neiv tmjlicy. business. dkscussion aiid agteemenl of 211 busiiiess of ibe
%ub-¢oniniii¢ee%, reporting oft business from the Secreiary, Treasurer, and CEO are discu.$8ed and agreed al each board
eetiiig. Nciv I￿ltIatIves. leg&1 requitrments tsnd que5tiOllS rni5ed by Member$ a￿ all di5¢us%ed al ea¢li m¢elillg. E&¢li
ieeliiiR's niinutes are ￿e0rded. circulated lo each nieniber is ma(k available lo Members upoji request.
Day to day enqui¥ie5 regarding th¢ ¢)PEraiional bv5ineS5 are deo11 with by th¢CEO and SMT.
Iiiductton and tyainliig of new tr￿sleeS
Neiv incon)ing tru8te&gare preseijied wilh z full illductioD pack ivhidl include%roles aJKI responsibi]iiies of ¢hAiily Irustee
aiid legal ieqviremenL%. ￿lEchair aiid ￿0 are reswnsible foreE)surii)g a full hnduciioti of Trusiees takes place, pj'ovidijig
lnfoimali￿ on Ilie slluclvfe. future pl￿15. opeiatioiial w)li¢ies aiid aiiy o(her infoni)ation seeii to be of assistattce io the
sl holder. All docunientary changes as signatory lo any offscial do¢ume4its are put iji pla¢e by the CEO or secretary at
the ¢inie of the ¢hgngeovvof trustees.
Tiiaiiageilleiil
Tl)e Irustee8 1'eco8nise the imEKHlanee of Risk Mlllagement iwihin ihe fEan)ework of governaii¢e al￿ iiilernal ¢ontrol.
Ri.8k 3R%essiJJeIits. intludinR financial al￿ securi.y risks. have carried oul by die ItU51eeg. Tl)e &&se&sIiieiit i.s reviewed
on an ongoiiig basis, by U)e CEO and die Treasurer. The ouicon]t of Lhese revieiys as Ihen ￿por1ed Lo at)d discussed by
the iwslecs at iiieeiings lield throughoui the yearand ihe risk nianagemeni policies are ajiiended &8 required.

BRITI.8H A,SSOCIATION or
SPORT AND CXERLISE NIEDICINE
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEKS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECELMBLR 2023
TnFstees' Aiinu81 Report
Foreword by Chair of BASEM, Profe&8or Patrlek WlTreeler
Weleon)e to BASEM'S Annual R¢wrt for tIK peri(xl I" January to 31° Decen]ber2023. ￿115 rtport lays oul t1￿ adivilies
of this charity this year tstld I Ivould encouragc all our members (o lake a I￿k. as there is a lot of ivork tlthi goes on l)ehind
the scenes io keep BASEM going. there may be aspects of BASEM'S athiviiies ¢hat are iiew ¢0 yo￿.
I siart by off¢riDB iny Ihanks forilie haftl ivork of Dr EleallorTillelt. my predecessor a5 BASEM al￿r ivho deiiii¢le
froiii offLce iii Augu.8t 2023. She held the reiLk8 ai BASEhd durn)g the ¢haIlwigii￿ Covid years. which ivas a challenging
lime in 211 of our l&ves. where we all had to adapt lo ever￿hanging aiid rules. I ivas privileged to sC￿e on
BASF.hJ's Board aloiigside her as a Trnstee for several years alld I was imple￿d how Eleanor sirove 10 seek Iioviiiony
whei'ever possible and move forward ihings ivilh c<M￿enSU$. Having takett over as BASEM Cliair. I see how n)uch goes
oi) behind the sceties, how things there are lo juggk attd Ihe Competing wioi'iiies iinie and headspace in this
volyntary rol¢. SiD¢e taking on the BASEM Chair role. my admiraiion for all my predeeessors in ihis role lias oiily
iJICTeased. BASEM ¢oryoiately oivcs tach ofyou many ihanks.
This Annual Rtwrt higl)lights BASEM'S kclivi(Ées thn)bghout ihis yeai. As always 11)is would iioi be possible witlioul
the suppoil of (buf n)enibership, the Lin￿ givetl to us by our tnany volunteers ivho seiwe BASEM in many ivays, th¢
aetivilies of ovr TLWStees whD give up iheir lime free of eharge to oversee BASFM. ￿ld the work of OUT BASEM staff a
iiuinber of wl)om are lleiv in the l*si year or two. We could ijot do all Iliat ￿'C do wilhout all your efforts, alld I will taks
Iliis opya¢luiiity to offer each and every one of you my thanks. In 2023, Iviih the end of several Tn]stees of 0￿1¢<
ve ivelcomed tbree iieiv Trusiees to (he Board (Dr Jeall Wong. Dr Ralph Mitchell. aT5d S)r l om I£ggell) wlio were voied
n by Ibe BASbM nisnibersilip. In addition welcomed in Ihree new staff n]eiltr￿ {Diaiie Mos& Emily CapplemaLI, and
Mtl Kitcjiing) to knlster ￿le very small numbeE of staff thai BASEM lias.
The laigest single iletn to draw atieniion 10 are the disc￿8￿10t)SaRd planningwitlJ the Faculty of SpoFrt & Exercise Medicine
IFSEM) to stek to forni a tnedical"ColleBe". In Mi ay 2022 our meinbership y￿ed ovenvhelinijigly lo progressdiscus5iOiiS
will1 Ihe Faculty of Sport & I￿￿e[C1se Mediciije lo join forcc$ lo scek 10 trute a single entity. as a "College OA Spoil.
l.ieiri.sE Miitstiiloskeleitsl Mediciiie" (thc n￿1)C lo be decided ai a fuiuTe dale) lyiiiging ¢ogellicr Ehe aciivilies aiid
roles of IN)¢li orgaiiisatioiis Énto a sit)gle 0rg2llisftuo￿. Todo so. no( only facililales ithlernal workings beiiveen boih eniities,
but also provides external OL'gani8atioiis wilh a clearer route of commuiiicaiioii io tl)e bigger'us" The aclivities of tliis
Charity &re preserved. al￿ streii8theiied by the fotmalioTh of a M￿]cal College, and BASEM'S leEacy of support to
ts meiiibers will be persevered Wh￿¢Ver the nanie of the fuLure entity. The road fo Ihe nienibership vole slaried Éji 2020
12021 ivith illiiial discussions and pn)posals. Meeuiigs then I￿k place ktween repre5eiitaiives of tlie Boai'ds of BA.%EM
and PSLM leading to the ctealton of joiiii working groups. eomprised of members of boili orgaTrisations, i¥115eh revieived
tl)e positives and negativ£s of different facets of eoming togeiher into a sin8lc orgaiiisalion. FroIii (hese a delailed
documetst ivas prodllced aijd circulaled to our mernber5hip iviih this infoTniaiion. A live Q&A ses8ion ivas ljeld aiid. after
diis, n)etiibers of BASEM aftd FSEM voted 8epardtely as lo whether ihey ivished lo pr(Keed. Boil) orgaIii%alions voled
overivheltningly in favour, whi¢li lids 51aried Ilie JJex( s¢ages in the legal proces5e5. Ail inilial step oltliis for BASBM ivas
¢0 iiisirucl lawyers lo investigate 'due diligence" ensuring Ihai there was iio sigjiificaiil legal. fjnaiicial, or reputat5011al
impaci on BASEM of jnijjing with FSEM. This is a ￿￿t&S8ry initial siag¢ of the Iiexl Pl￿$￿. Necessary archives &iid
documents weve obtained during 2023 10 pa$sio legal teams. who will thcii reviciv ihese aiid consts'uci rewis for BASEM
Boaré. befoi'e next stcps can be fully undet(akei). ivill I￿ mai)y steps oil tliis road and il ivill lake a yeat or more lo
do Iljis coi'trcily. beiiig gvided by legal advice all the i¥ay ihough. BA.SFM MeiTr)bership is kept up lo dale iviili Iliese
8ieps Ilirougli eoiiliii￿ThiCaEioTr boih in BASEM TIMlay and throknBli moJJilily eniai18. InfoiinalioEI is 8lso po.%tcd oii(o &
.%eclioJi of the BASEM Wctk8ite Iiii %.'Ilbasem.co.ii
%ed-c(Trll el for nien)Iws io slay llp lo dale iviih pmgress.

JIRI'I'ISH ASSOCIATION OF
SPORT AND EXERCISE ￿lEDICINE
RF.POR T OF THE TRUSTEKS
FOR TEtE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Trustees, Aiiiiual Report Coiitinued
Our aniiual conference, held at FJniraies Old Tnfford Cnckei Ground in M2nchester in Oclober 2023 wa& aAOI
oppoituijity to bEiJig niembership Logetlierin botli education ￿ld Iietworkniig. We tr￿U&ll[ together many iiiteniatlDnal and
aiatioiial S￿akerS on a broad range of tOPiC$. &8 well as shoivcasing Ihe works of oiir owii nienibership through posters
and aivard pi'eseiiiaiiot)s. 11,5 lo be able to host these events agaii) aftei several years where covid resirictioiis ineanl
Ih&t these couldn't htippcn. We buslt on tnc5sages Te¢eived f￿M Brightoii 2022 and the feedback froni ihe 2023
Coiiferencc Kvas again positive. Th￿5 has then fed into the prrte&w for d)e 2024 Conference ivhich i.% 10 be l*ld al the
Coveniry Building Society Arena, led by Dr Dane Vishnubala. the BASEN4 Cliair of Eduealion. We look forivards ￿ a
busy &n<E ex¢iting conference in November 2024.
Meillbersliip continues to groiv within BASEM- at die end of 2023 ive liad 1119 up fronl 1038 ttvelve niontlis
beforehand. Threc-quarters of our members are docior4 wilh a rnnge of allied health professioiials coniprisit)g Ihe
IEniaindcr. A commnn [h￿￿e for iiew members joining i5 the ongosng education and SllPEX)rt Ihat BASEM offers. In 2023
BASEM has coiitinued 10 run our long-eslablislied re5idenlial Foundalioii Skilts Course ivhich skills and
kiioivledge lo peoplc often early 511 iheir professional JoUr￿y. in addiiiott BASEM h&8 developed revision COUL'ses for
FSEM Part E and Pall 2 ex8n)s helping people wepare for th&se professio￿al qualificalioTis. AISD in 2023 BASEM has
njii a brand-new revisioii course for people ivi5hiiig io LErtdertake the FSEM Diploma iii Exercise Medi¢iiie qualificalioij
exatEI, aiid {as5umiiig a￿yO￿t in the ¢duc&iioTh ie4tn has any time or ¢apa¢iiyI ttiay ￿ Pl￿7S to develop new courses
in tlie gU￿re. so ivatch this SPA¢e
We hoFe tiial tl)is report helps io shitte a liglit on ihe aciivities of BASEM, and for all ouc Membe￿ we hope to s¢ay in
toudi ivith you all. and hop￿￿llY see you FJ Covcntry iNovellLbet for our 202A Conf¢renc
Prof. Patrick Wlieeler
Chaii, ofBASEM

]IRITISH ASSOCJA TION OF
SPORT AND CXERCISE MEDICJNE
REPORT OF TEIE TRUSTEES
IOR THE YEAR ENDTr.D JI DELEMBER 2023
TrustÈÈs> Ai)nu4l Report Contiuued
Iiiti'oductiDII
BASEM is an org2nisation esiablished in 1952 to promote study and investigaiion of all medi¢al &8pects of sport. Its
vision ivas to be the aulhoriiaiive b(Kiy on every medical aswl of athletics exercise. The orgattisalioii lids worked
hard over the yea*s 10 g1¢ iii recognition for the fieldof sports mediciJ)c, raising awatciie&81 pioneering iesearch, aod leadiiig
iii pi'aetice. Taday. BASEM is knoiyn as a multidis¢iplinary sports ￿ld cxercise ineniber5hip organi5alioti. Matty Df its
nienibef.8 hold key Jx)silions within SEM. Ixbth in the UK and a¢rou the globe. BASEM'S MenI￿r$I)Ip continues lo I
diver.%e, witli just oveL' I members acro￿ a wide selection of disciplines. Many ol il% meniber.% are 3ciively iiivolved
witli BASEM. Ivheiher thai be 15)rougli pafli¢ipatiort in oneof diecommiltees. providin8 tes(K]rees formembers orlioldit)g
a place oil Ili¢ B02rd. The expertise ivit4in BASEM is exiensive.
BASEM co-oivns Ilie Briiisli Jounial of Sports Medicine. a highly ra*d global publiution whicl) promoies resta¥ch attd
education in 5POrt aT￿ ¢xer¢ise medi¢in¢.
BASEM'S Vlsloi)
BASEM is the le%dli)g multldlsclpllnary 5prthrt and exercise niedicine membership orgami$atlon In the UK ivltli
core yespDi￿Ib￿lity to pi'ovide leadei'sliip, educatloii, And support toi. all.
BASEM Nieiiibers iiiiiliid¢scipliiJL7ry heolrjicére professionals ivlio provide ilie core man0getri￿ii1 nece&g8Yy to
i.wiré safe aiid cojiiipiuing pariicipalion iii SPOTI ulidptysitol aciiviry ai nll levels iviili uii eiKplrosis oil iniisculoskelei(71
* BASEAI siippuris ilie bÉ￿tfI1$ LTrfph)wtLdl &LiiviIy En allpopulotioNs, 1vill￿111 discrii#iiwii4)ii dijd ilRÉ iiwiorirtjice it play
liealih and well-being and lis role ill btsili pilip￿ry %7nd setDndaF)' prevelllion oldisease. BASEM siippoi'ls ihe WHO
GlobL71 ALltuii Plaii iu iiiake sigiiificniiily njorff people rt¢iive by 2030.
* BASEM rÉcogiiises IhÉ iiéedforsirtsiig Nalioiial aiid ljiiernoiioiinlpL7riiiersliipt io tscliieiie EIS IJISEOM.
. 5ASEM i$joiJii owiiÉiofilie B171ishJoiinirtlolSports Mediciiie aiidilie 8hlJOpen SportfjJidEYerci&*A4edicrneJoiiJii£rl
3tPEih BMJ Piiblisjiing oijd siftppnrftr ft SIr￿1g tillen￿l￿oI1￿I Yesearcli figE1141a In ioogryiii ritri>riiicii)lÉs.
BASEI M's Objeds
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ÈASFJITr&y
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BA5tsfT
BASWT¢dty
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BJSM

BRI'fisH ASSOCIATION OF
SPORT AND E.¥ERCISE N.I[tDICJNE
RF.PORT OF THE TRUSTEES
IOR THE YF.AR r.NDF.D 31 DF.CF.MIIF.R 2013
Tn￿ttes. Annual Repol'l Colltinued
Tl)e Flnanclals
Oui. Dlrect Cosls
Cost Types
There is 2 slighi ]￿e2$t ill Jnditecl cosls
tbis sr￿. This is duo ¢0 the pla￿￿ed
me4nbeffship Ftnefits and education w)d
iududts OUT IT w]d ivebsit¢ deielopD)c￿t iTrork
at)d addittoxd staff c051& These costs JFe llot
on£oJnE yet ivil1ieg￿ts itx gteJlei efficiellcies %11
thB long-te￿[L Th¢ co$ts ii'Ne sel 23ide 28
csigDat¢d fLn¥Js in ￿ ac¢i)wirs ai the of
2022_
IndiFett Cvst5 •oirecico5ts
Costs Vs IllcO￿e
Costs Vs Incoine %
As a Ch3rity. it E5 inlPt>rt3tstto ￿￿￿e[sI3￿aholV our
is speJTrt. tn 2023. 4V/o of ow llicoinc
sixni ottruonitig tosts. 2uddeipe10pllie￿t and
43yo Still spent djfectly ott tthetthet b￿tfitS. A
reduction in oui surplus this yeat ivas plzlllled to
foEU5 on dei."elopnetst.
OlfEct * Indlrert rt Suiplu

BRL TISII A&SOCIA T10￿ OF
SPORT AND EXERCISE fvIEDICINE
REPORT or THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
Tiwttts, Annual R￿￿rI Continued
Costs Bi'eakdown
Split of Costs
Percentage
Salari
Journal
. DevÈk)pmènt .. Merger
BTIBR
* tT Iwebsile • Conference
P3rinershlps • Education
Othei
Prof Fees
Awarth
Ill 2023, BASEM has spent time developing new member knfiis and iii¢reasiJig its re4cli. Itt ￿K[Cr (o do so, we have
iiicirased (he rtuillber of $L1ff lo bring iii expertise in confereiKe and eV￿lt Organi￿¢l0n, leadeiship ajid maiiage¢iieiTri.
educiTrlion J 11 n4J adininistra1i￿. Our staff costs liave naturally in¢￿aSed aud have becoii)e BASEM'S largest single
ex￿ndit￿re. Thecosls of ourc(Hiferryire also iiicreased, mostly d￿t io gencrdl increases iji veIiue hirc, AV Costs, aiid other
huniati rcsoiirecs. Hoivever, our conferenc¢ income irtcreosed more sigttificanuy, and as such, BASEM'S iothl fiiiaiicial
eoiitribuli(yi ioivardg Ihe c(xiference fiDm its reserves dec]tased.
Our v*lued jouimal, BJSM, is a ¢ost (hal BASEM pays for all ils membe[5 aiid thi5 eos¢ conies in AS ihe third highesi single
cosi. Maiiy of our nKmbers find the journal io be one of the 8rcaiesi beiiefEls of inembership. WI￿re i))embets woiild liave
lo poy sigiiificaiitly inore Iliatl theii aniiu&l nwnbErship fee th BASEM for just theiournal aloiie.
Two neiv caiegories att appearing oil this yeur's rq)orl. Wsrstly* 9% of oiir c051s ivere S￿nI on developnient ivork. This is
plaiiijed iVOTk for year livo of our strategic plan. aiid it iva8 to coveE cosl of pulling itt place beli￿. sysienLS ivhicli will
creote greater erriciencies, aid even illore ivorthwhile inember benefiw such as netw￿.king opportiiiiiiies dirough a
mei)Ibei' dil￿torY and a rnentoring scl)em

BRIJ'ISU ASSOCIATIOJY OF
SPORT EXERCISE IEDICINE
REPORT OF THE TRUSTELS
FOR THE YE4 AR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 202J
Trubttees. Annual Report Contlnued
The%e are one-off e05ts and they were pui aside ai tlie elld of 2022 iii a desigitated fui)d. Secondly, it] 2023 we ivorked
vith IlieFae￿I[Y of Sportalid Exercise Medicine Iow2ft1s thecreaiionof a Collegeof SEM.Trier¢havebeen cosrs involved
Ivith this so far. Ivhich have included legal advice. and the eosl of OTgani5iiig n*mber Q&A And subsequethl votes to
ensure All membeis ￿1) hAve 2 vol￿ iEI (his significallt aciiviiy that BASEM is undertaking.
liicoiiie
Split of Income
Percentage
ISM
MeiiibpisFTip
(Olile￿I)f.e
Coijrses
Rent
otlier
Our iiitonie sources ￿MalJI eonsistenL with much of our itthnk being fft>m wr medical journ21. BJSM. lliis ljelps lo
s￿PPort the ¢os(s of supporting oui- i1￿￿]ber￿lip at]d being able lo have a g[￿ley inipact iii developii)g the sports aiid
exei'cise medicsiie speciality, However, our conference iiiconie grew thhs year Iioni 8% iii 2022 10 17%. This was due 10
an inCrea￿e in ticket sales. and an increase in $tM)nsorsliip. Our aini ss to have a fjiiaTrci&lly sustainable coiifeyeiice Jiiodel,
so Iliai BASEM is thble to diyect its aiicoine oil providing fuAh¢reilucaiion oworluniries for ii)ellibers. so it is grext iiews
Ilia( Ivc #re moving ¢losex towards that.
Bglaiice Sheet
We liave a restr(cted fui)d wliich hasn't decreased in 2023. This was a restri¢trd fund gtvell lo BASEM lo prov￿de
award, Ivhich we didii'i ope¥) up irt 2(r13. This award has siiice beeth re0￿ aiid we expect the re5ts'ieted iMlat)¢e to
decreose over the forthc(Miiiiig year.
The Bo<Trrd revicived ihc reservas policy aiid 5igncd off on a new ￿l1¢Y ivliicli ￿lab]eS BASEM to liold reserves
appi'opriaie to etisure thal iji Ihe cvent of a calaslrophic event causiiig BASEM io go ijllo liqui￿all0]I, t1￿ folloiviiig
conimitnieiits Can be met..
Runiiing co8t8 for stx months ol run down
FJiiaii¢ial coiiiini¢inenl of any OULsiaJiding awards
Fli}￿li¢￿al COllLmltment of c0thf￿en¢6 ¢osts
Two years, siaff costs (including penston and NICS)

BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF
SPORI. AND LXEKCISL MEDICINE
REPORT OF THE TRL'STEFS
FOR THC YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Trnstees, Atsnual Report Con(InueJ
Because th¢ level of Ihese cornmiln]en15 ¢hatsge, rtserves are 10 be reviewed agwnsi these cx)n)iiiitments ttnnu&lly, and
the appiDpriaie aniourttof resuves are put aside in a sep&raLe BASEM aecounL. For 2024, the maxii)ium regei'ves required
would be £854.036. Ai 31 D￿ember 2023 the char￿ry held free reserves of £2.361m and iotal reseNes £2.961m.
In BASEM'S budget for 2024, BASEM is also holding £60.(KK) of designated funds to potential costs of tile work lo
esiablish a neiv Collcge of SEM. joinily i¥Éth FSEM (UK).
Plai￿ foi. 2013
Duiing 2023, the secoiml year of C￿[ three-year sti&teEiC plan. we ainied to tx]ild i)n the groundw￿k we had pui in place
in 2022 aiid start lo develop oui. exisiing offer. This included-.
Developing our partnerships to improve eareerdevelopnknt opportunities for menibers
Building our brand aiid reputati￿7 10 in¢rease membershÈp ￿ld promote SEM
Reviewing 8ysien]s aiid prOc￿seS to cTrS￿re BASEM 15 workiiig effJ¢iaiily whilst ¢onilDuing to provide a quality
seivie
)CreaSi￿8. &mproving. and raising awareness of membership benefits to and retsiii membeES amd eth8ure
standards are niei
Developmei)t of aival'ds io focus on research in SEM
Developing ￿ organisation's sysiems and resources io ensuTe the orgunisation is fit to grow &id broaden its
membership b&se fui'iher
ActlvAties to Meet Objects
0￿r Resefirch Bursarie8 aiid Awards
Folloiyittg a review of our aivards. we reopeiied theni ill 2023 ajid have IEad a greal number of qualiiy applieatioiis. Tliis
Yeport deals with awards iliat we have paid oui duritjg 2023. alld nlay t)ot tnclude t1￿ fiEII value aW￿ded 10 applicaiiis.
Tlils year, Ihese have included-
£2,000 paid for our external trai11sng 8nd develowneni award
£995 forouK Msc bursary
£9,506.02 for our researeji buysary
£151.78 for Ilie lia¥elliiiR fellowsliip
£145.45 loivards Ihe undergraduale elective awaftl
£2,950 for our c¢)nference aivards
We also had opportunily for a EJiemI￿r io recekye SuP￿rt towards 8 PhD in & subject of BASEM'S
choosiiig (spori ojid liealtl)). Following Dpplica(tOL)s, Ihe awards pai￿] agreed thai Ihere wasn'l & suitable PlTrD sludy
durlng tliis cohort and ihaE rhe PhD aivaiyi would Ix revieived thiring 2024 agaIrt￿ oiliei ¢oniniithJ¢ni&
Oui. Pvoiknotloii of Meillbers, Wot* a￿d BASEM
Braiidliig gild ExliÈbitiiig
We looked io increase BASEM'S iEaclh this year tbrough al(etLding evertL% al￿ ￿l￿g prewit al key linies. Iii order lo
make sui'e our n]e￿age iva5 heard, we spent lime improving 0￿r exhibiliiig reS￿ree5. ￿ld using m&i'keiii)E ie¢hiiique$ lo
keep ou¥ or8anisaiion iii mijid P￿t-8vent. By aiiertding inienjauoiial events. ive have also Tiicreased general aivareness o(
BASEM overseas. Iviih ourslaiid being a very popularone toa(iend. We IJ8ve worked h￿1] to iiicreuseitktei'aclioii bdiveeii
BASEM aiid p¥ospe¢tive ineiiibers wc have illcllldLui exEsli￿g tneinbers in our activities lo pronioie die betiefits of
BASEIM iiiember5hip.

BIiITISH ASSOCIATION OF
SPORf ALYD EXLIIC15E.MLDICINE
REPORT OF THE TRusfEES
*OR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
Tw$tee$' Aillwal Report Cothlinued
Me￿bershIp Crowth
One of our largets was to ijicrease nienibership by SOA iii tjiis year and Sp￿li a lot of iinie pro1￿OLlng membeisliip,
proinoliE)E ￿1¥ mei#bers, ai)d raising ai¥areness of SEM. We acwally greiv ttJen)berslJip by 7.8Yo in 2023 {nuiMbers of
￿1￿1]berS at the eiid of 2023 Vs nurtiber of nieft)bers ai ¢lie thid of2022). fie largest proportion of iiew nien)beis Ivere
rull Iii¢Jiibets. aiid 140/0 of nciv liieinb￿S are all1￿ health profe&sionals. whicli slioiv$ that BASEM is still attt?ctillg a
miilti<lis¢iplinary Memb¢rship. New joinillg illembcrs slaied their ieasons lor joininÉ iYer¢ having an interesl iii SEM,
educalioij, Trelworking, Career dcvelopment.
2023 in coiiiparlson to the IASt 5 years
Mumbersljtp in 2023 13as gonc against Ihe trend of the lasi 5 yeots and h88 coiilinued to groiv throu￿Out the yeai..
Actlve Membership by month for the last 5 years
1200
i(K)O
Cifx)
41X)
i Jixi
MAI
Jiine
Av
Sei)I
Nav
De("
2Q19 M20IO p42021 M2022 w2023
Podca$ts
Fti 2022, BASEM developed a PR serie5 called 'Fo¢us OD" whicl) gave illei)Ibers the opporliiiiily lo piDvide ai'licles or
Inedia to p￿1￿0t¢ their own di￿lpIln¢. In 2023, we developed this concq)i fvrtliev aiid ¢realed % podcasl series called
"Spoilighi on SEM" Tlic p)d¢asts are intcryieivs conducted ivitb oiir n)eillbeis and are put on BASEM'S ivebsile, in
additioij lo BASEM'S podcast channel on Spoli
Thesc have alltacied a iYidE audieiice, iii¢ludiiig froiii oulside our
enibersliip, and aim to iii¢¥ea5e aivareness of sport and exercise JiiediciEie PTofessÈonats and Iheir expei"iis< in addi¢ion
lo supporting iiettvorking anK>ngst lelloiy SEM pmfe&8ionals.
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BMITISII ASSOCIATION or
SPORT AND EXERCISE INIEDICINE
REPORT OF THF. TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEhIBER 2023
Trustees, A*iiual Report Cfrnlliiued
Oui. Educatioii alld Caittis Resources
Fouiidatlon course
OUT foundation course is a three-&nd-a-halfthy resid¢niial course, wbicli explores the ihree strands of SBM,. exercise
niediciiie, iiiusculoskele(ai mediciRe and teani carc. li is typically aitended by those siartkng oui ifft their SEM carcer. and
tiiose ivhose Inain role is fiKuscd elsewhere but they liave a Special inteiest in SEM. It tovers iopi¢s sucli as impacl or
aetivily lo healih. ¢xan)inaiioii ieehniques. nutrition. coJi)nioii MSK problems. and t[raIn￿lI. IrA)% sayiiig tl)¢ course
was appropi'ia(e for tlieir needs. As always, delegates have gained from the practical elemeDts of theeouise as ivell as (lie
ability lo network ivith experienced tutors.
ekarnin.4￿¥¥_¥esS]Qh
"l am currentlyworklngin mgby but
.would Ilke to Ealn experlence In
. dlfférent5PDrt58nd really bulhl up •
èrÈer In SEM alongslde mygeneral
-.pf8cVee, It's also massively ImprovÈd-:
my examlnatloTJ Skills and my
. confldence hands on vAth
.MSK presentatlons"

BRITISH A6SOLIA TION OF
SPORT AND EI XERCISE PWIEDICINE
REI IIORT or THE TRL,STlIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEI CEMBER 2011
Ti'ustees, Aiinual Report Co￿1117ued
Revtsioji courses
Our revisioit couyses are primarily for tIK)se who wish to 5jt Ihe Faculty of Sport and Exereise Medicine {FSEM)
membersliip exttm, aimed at registrars, artd are there 10 refresh delegaies, knowledge. Some delegate5 attend the revi.%ioii
course to j￿st update their knowledge. and do noi go (Mi 10 sil the exam. The Course is delivered oiiline to eliable a5 maiiy
caiididates to auend as y>ssible.
JIASEhl Revtsioii Coiii'se 011È
We liad 32 delegales 01] 11)i.S cwr.84 which was deliverel online alloiving overseas members to atlend and iThakin8 it ittore
acee%%ible to &ll as IIKte iv&8 no t)eed for Ihem io itavel. IIXJ% of delegaies conipleiing feedback forn)s said tlie course
niei tlieir needs.
BASEM Revision Course Parl Two
We had IQ dele£ates for this cou15e. l(Xl% OF those ivho completed the feedbaek fomls said the course met theKr twds.
Pariicipanis enjoyed the breakolli groups ￿ld casc sludies.
Our Pai￿11ersllIpS
Faculty of Sport wnd ExeTcise Medicine IFSEM)
Ai ihe beginning of 2023, ilieinl￿rS fiDm BASEM and FSEM had completed their woJ* in pioviding a iipoil Kvhi¢li
outliiied how BASEM and FSEM could and ivhether ir should form a college of swxt excrcise tnedicine. Following
the rep)rl. Inembers voted on (he next Steps and the Vole ￿ll11 has eoabled BA811M and FSEM io contÉiiue to work
¢owards establishiiig tht ntw collcge. This ivill mean dissolviiig Ix>th exisiing cliarities. and as such ive hav¢l)een ivorkiiig
closely ivith FSEM rlirougholli tbe ycar to gather legal advic4 and ensure apwxwriate coiknmuni¢ation with ¢￿11
mtrnbe￿hip set. A% 2023 drew 10 a close, BASEM atmt FSEM had begun a legal due diltgence process wilh the aini tsf
¢oniinen¢ii)g the establtshtnettt tsf (he new en¢iiy in 2024.
Undergi'aduate Spoi'ts wid Exercise Medicine Society IUSLI MS)
We have continued our svppoil for .8F.M uiiil¢rgraduates ihrougli our partllcrship with the Undcrgraduttte Sport arKi
Exercise Mcdiciiie Society. W¢ suppoiied the USEMS cot)fereiiee. Ivhich a[tr￿Cted &round 70 dciegales froai ttiiiversitie5
across Uie UK, and ive pmvided braiided bags for the delegates. Ivhi¢h ¢oniaineJ ¢are¢Ts inforniaiion. We liave also agak
supporte(I soine ot USEMS IT Costs lo lielp thern pron]ole SEM Ihrough their S￿￿ely.
USEMS canie to ourAGM and spoketo members&bouthoiv BASEM h&ve supponed USEMS aiid ihe valueof BASLM'S
iiipiil lo early SLM earttri5ts. which wus greai for members lo see ihe added value of BASEld's nienibcrsliip to Ilie
developmeiii of SEM.
SEM Acadeiny
A greater iEui)Iber of our niernbers are noiv utht>g SEM Audeniy a regknlar basi% for e-leaniiiig, Iwih just under halF of
our niembei.%liip sigiled up to the plat(orm. I￿lS is a plaifotm we have ittvesied heavily in, iti pariiiersliip ivitli the
Ausiialasian College of Spons ￿ld ExercisePhysicians aDd il provide5 UP to dal4 relevaiii e-leariiiiig across a liuge rathge
of SLM Iopjcs.
OrthoevfdeiiLe
We have ie116Ived our li¢ence for Inenibers lo receive Orthoevidence again this year. Over I(￿ BASEM i)￿[￿berS liave
regsstcrcd iviili Ortlioevideilce and 33% ofthtte knse Ihe pla(forni on a ttgular basis. It alloivs i1￿MberS lo keep up to dale
wÈtl) Ilie lal&%( JEsearch io improve paiieni care. li l)as Uie single iargcsl MSK daiabase iii Ilie world aiid iliis 55 available
al iio cosi to all ofoui. Inembeix bul a io BASFM ai around £18 per 211nuni per D￿nIber currently usiiig platforni,
Membei's find iliis a useful resource for clitiieai ptadice iliis resour¢e t$ particularly lvelcoji￿d by our allied lielllth
pvofessioiial iiien)ber&
UIC Aiitl-Doplng IUKAD)
111 2023. we stgiied a iiciv partnership agreement with UKAD ivlii¢l? Ivould resuS1 lit JiiciMbers beiiig inuch better informed
boui updaies iji 2Jili-doping legi51Etion. UKAD also altended and 5p)k¢lo ii)¢mbersa¢ ￿1r AGM, and iheirsessioTh ivhi¢li
provided deiails of iieiv legislaiioji ivas welcoi)ied by iiwi)bers.
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BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF
SPORT AND EXLRLISE ML, DICINE
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR TAK YEI AR KYDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
ILstees' AIiDual Report Conllnued
Oui, Coiiference
Enilr4tes Old Trgfford Crleket Ground 2023
We held our c2iiiiual confejrnce in Old Traffotd. Manchester and ive a￿ vuy pleased its the ¢onfereii¢e wa8 a huge
success. This was the r￿st CO]2fercnce ihat the BASEM itam have organised iviihii) a year siiite COVID, £1i1d ive hosted
tlie Iargesi iitstjiljcr of dclegaies iviili a Ercat balance of farly carecrs and SBM profe&sion&ls. 333 delegates allei)de(I ti)e
eonfeience, and #long iviih speakers, sia(f, volun*eTh. and.8POtL8ors. Il)ere was a iotal of approxtnialely 450 people al the
Conf￿enCe. We had fourexcellen( keynole.%￿2ker* whose sessioiis were very popular.
Prnfes￿' Fiotta Bull,World Healih Orgaiiisatioii, presenied-Gdting the World Moving: Seven Years to 2030 aiid We're
Not DoTng Enough". 94.5% of delegates al￿nding ihis session said li was 8¢MMI or e¥cellenL
"Amazlng¥ very Èye
openlng start to the
confÉrÈnce"
h48 Jo Gibsoji. Rtbab4Perforn)anee. presetLied"Sear¢hing foT Solutions in Mys¢uloskeleLal Pain.. Makiiig Connections"
87.5% of delegaieg atlejid￿iIg Ihis session said it wa5 good or excellen(.
'HIBhly engaging talk-
very IntÈrÈstlne and wlll
shape my fuknjre PTaCtI￿..
Dr Aiidreiv Ma&%ey. FIFA, wesenied 'Team Care itt a Challenging Environll)enl" 88.3* of dclegalcs altending Ihis
se8sioii %aid li was good or exeellejit.
"Opery honest le8rnlnB polnts fLY U5 all-
Dr Cliri5 Tomlin50n, Briiish Gymnasti¢s {2013-20281. finished the conferctjce ivi(h liis presen(Ation "Whistlebloiving..
Raising ConcerEts itt Ellie Swjrt" ￿.3* of delegares ￿tendi118 Iliis sessiojj said it was go(xi or excclleiit.
i¢-RÈallylntr'ethblÈ-ta'l*':
very rniivln& hTghllghts
°the key fole we have a5
tlie Important rolopf"
&StronM 50feguardlo8.
pT￿ed￿rRI,
Overall. 96.5% of people res￿ildiE}8 said they thought the whole event was good or excellenl (AV￿age 4,6 oui of 51,
with the be￿ aspe¢L8 beiiig the raiige of topic& netivorking. the organi5ation, the oualiiy of speikers, develOpn￿lIt
opportunilie5. aiid leaiiiiiig froni research.
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BIUTISH ASSOLIAfioN OF
SPORT AND EXERCISE fvIEDICINE
REPORT OF THE TRUSTE4 ES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECENtBER 2023
Trustee5' Aniiual Report Continued
TIK itnpuel of the ¢onfereiice COTh￿$ from the Ch￿)geS that people will m8ke in their fuwre p￿￿1¢¢ as a result. Tt]e$e
incl￿de-.
'Will iioiv promote physical a￿1vItY to iinprove healÉh and wellking"
"Gained neiv ¢tsiithcis lo sllpport IMY future cateer dcveloptnent"
"Gave Ine diffcwiit 1￿clhod$ of pra¢ti¢e io improve outcon]es"
"Made nie ti)illk aboul tiK in)potlance of ¢onimuni¢Jiion skills in my rok"
'Yliinkit)g more broadly"
'lrtcoiporatillg learning froii) sci￿1Ce I￿t0 pracLice-
"How to lllCOIP)f2te SEM into general NHS wort"
"Developed niy knioivledge base"
'To eonlitiue lo look oui for Ihings that aren't light and raise eon¢erns to proteci oth¢r<'
OUY PublicatIoi￿ CoD)niuiiic#tlo
Bi'ltlsli Journo14bf Sbort a￿d Exercise Medieine IBJSM) and BMJ Open Sport aiid Exercise Medieiiie IIIOSEM)
Joititly owned by BASEM Briiish Medtcal Journal (BMJ). 0￿r members cothtinue to reteE￿ the BJSM ar iio charge
10 Iliem. In 2023, BISM retwlled its impaci fa¢ior top $tKx iii the Sp)ris Sciellces Cdtegory at 18.4, Ivhilsl BO.8F.M
acliÉeved its firlr in)pac( factor ruling of 4.8, whicli 15 an exttlleni starl for ollr opcn access jouri)al. We coiitiiiued to
support our MembeTS ivanliiig lo pJrsue a career in research through a discount of 25% on arii¢le pmcessiiig cliarges for
publisliing in BOSEM, and a:. Ihe end Of 2093 a iicw &ward wliich will cover Ilie full publixliing Cost ofafii¢les BASEM
iiwiibers gel publisbed BOSEM is ¢oYered. Through thL8e initiaiives we akll) io illcrease the Amount of research cwried
out in tlie SEM 8e¢cor and support those who haye the ability (o carry out researdi but haven'l goi the rittanci￿ suppoit
to do so.
Addiiionally. BASEM. BJSM. and PO8F.M creaied o new award Called the 3Bs. This aivard is for ediloJ% of BJSM and
BO8BM wlio arc ai a fjiiancial dÉsadvantag< usually those who are in loiver 1￿co￿le c￿lIts]es. to receive fiiimling toivard5
&tiendan¢e at a coiifereiice in order lo develop their knoivledge and neti¥odc. with Uie aioi of beiiig able to source hi￿1
quality Cojllent for botli public2tioJis.
mcl￿be1. Newslettei. {BASEM Today)
BASLM Today has ¢Dn¢inued lo dcvclop. Ivith excellellt conient Ihtoughoui (he year, $h¢Jw¢asiJi8 differejit aspccts of
SEM, and kE)oivlcdg¢ froni our menibetshiy, in addition lo raising awaren￿ of BASEM'5 work. llie leani have ivoyked
hard thi$ year to slreainline pr(Kesses and crcaie eff%¢ien¢ies, in additioii to bringii)g ill exlernal sponsors lo ensure the
publicaiioTL Costs are kept 10 a miniinuni. The publicalion ss cuiraTrily available io all ii)cnibcrs iji paper forji) and oiilijie.
The otLlsne edi(ioii Iso average just ￿[ukr 21K> readeis. whicji Sho1￿ us ihai BASEM members particularly etsjoy
BASEM'S owrt updates including de￿11$ of our education a￿d conferen￿.
BINGS
Oiil fir8¢ BING inectlll8 ivas it) 2022 Jiid since thi5 point Iliis neliv0￿Ing group hfts devcloped iwili ¢here king a
largei nujiibcr of menibers aiielldiiig. The group li&8 inCorr￿)￿le￿I a subjec,. or thenie eacli %&$5iOlI to aitra¢i a broader
rdtsg¢ ol iikeiiibers we liave ￿ade it evert easier for rneMbe￿ ¢0 joiii a BING. Many of our luen)i￿"S Iiave said Ihey
valiie neiivorkiiig as olleof Ilie iiiaiEJ ￿ner11s of beirhg a Enembei of BASEM. aiid Iljts is jusi oiie of a re￿, ways we support
aiml facilitate networking ktweeji niembers. Overseas Mem7￿ haye iound BINGS parlicularly llseful, especially where
SEM trafiiiiiE liasii't beeh established in their touiitry. al￿ In￿liber5 have beeji keen ¢0 learn abovl UK P£111iivays. I
dd(Jitioll io geiieral discussions, (he group havB focused on ethic& slaiidail settin8 511 SEM. and neiv guidance on
concu55ion. Alillough tliis isn't prin)ai'ily an educaiional aciiviry, Ilie BINGS have been a outlet 10 51Mre kiioivledgc
and raise standards a¢ro$8 various disciplÉri&s, which we arc keetb to COlllinu¢ io d¢v¢lop luril)¢r.
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BRITISH ASS(ILIATlOli ()r
SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE
REPORT or THE TRusfEES
FOR THI YEAR ENDED 31 DECEfvIBER 2023
Tr￿stee5, Alliiual Report Con(inued
BASEM has 2 dediealed siie for di$seminatioJJ of knowledge ot) RED-S. particu12Ay directed at athletes and daiieers, and
Iheir coaches aiid healihcttre profe&sionals. The RED-S sile is x¢essed by on average 150 iijnes a week. Ii is luoiniJ18
well known ond has a wide audienec. as ourmember, Dr Nicky Keay, who piovidu (he ¢0ote]ii for the sile protnotes the
SI￿ at ¢1 vafteiy of evetjts ivorldwide.
E.Cireular
Our monthly e-bulleiiE) enabl&8 menibeFs to Iiave a summury of all BASEM'S &ct(vity in ojie email. T1irouglioui the year,
the e-cireulllr has been develoFed lo eiisure better readability and a iiiore vioual overview of key poinls. This ittnaiiis a
popular resouree foi. BASEM members.
Meetliigs& Voles, Ad.Iioc UpdAtes
Dllring 2023. 2 huge amount of Board and stsff lime, along ivitli a large of n*mber volunteer& wlls 4)ent
dis¢ussÈiig otid planning the forn)at¥on of a iieiv college of SFM J jointly wktr.. Ihe Faculty of Sport and Exei'cise Medicine
IFSBM UK). In 2￿2. Ivorking groups were fonned tnade up of tnernbets from b￿h organisatlolls, lo research Ihe inipact
of either forming a College logeilier. or reinaini112 as separdie orgaiJis&tions. and 2023 the iesblis of tl)eir Kvork ivere
put to ￿]eMberS of both organi5giiions and members were ask¢d (o vole as io ivheiher we sliould forni a college based on
the findings or rctnain separate. Member5 were frequently uwlaied tlir(AJghou( die ivliole process, wit]) e-sliols. posied
letter.%, social It)edia, videos, and medings ÈncllldiThg a Q&A session held IN May 2023.
VoliiThÉeers
BASEM11&8 coiitinued to receive a vasi amouni of support from Lis voluii*ers. Ivlio niake up various ivorkiiiE groups
¢omii)iiiees, iiJcludiiiE the confereJKe. aivards. science. akd education Committees and the BASBM Today ieani, Ivho
keep n)einbers up 10 date iviih the latesL M8iiy of our inembers continue to contribule to our neivsleiier5, by pravidiiig
articles. gllesl eoiling editions of RASF.M T(Kiay and BA£EM R¢ports. and sha¥in8 Ihcir eoniicclioiis lo help us idciitify
others oulsÉdeof tlic BASEM coinmufjity who cart help. We liave also started to receiveoffers of help froiii o(heT ￿e7MberS
Ivlio are iyilliiig to gel invol¥ed ivith our PR caiiipaign& There are a range of individual n)etiibers who have suppot'ted
BASEM by giving Il)eir ut)ie ro iJicrea8e U)e ktiowledge base ai BASEM, by di85entinaliJig iIifoniiallOII lo I[￿ BASEM
BOal￿ about Iheir ar¢as of expetli.%e. al￿ 11)o.* iyho represeiil BAS&M al exlen￿l eveiiLs. The BASEM coniniuiiity lia%
given a lol to support BASEM this year. aEM] we are truly grni¢ful for everyon¢'s linK efforL
Goveriifince
We Iiad some vacancies on our Board in 2023 dlte lo reiirement of Trnslees. We undertook recnjiliiiciit for neiv TM51ees
froiii ou¥ meInbe￿hip. in accordance iviih our JM&As. We hoped io ai¢raci ni2J))bers ivlio are GPS ivit]i a special inlcrcst,
as Ihi5 is area Ihal tsii't as represented by our Board team. bui that make5 up q111￿ a lai'ge ehuiik of our meniher,q])ip
base. aiid we ivere successfvl in rec￿lU1}g (wo GPivSl aiid one regisliar, Ivlio furtlw add5 to the diversity of role
represeEila(ion by our Board. We also appointed our new Chair. Prnfessor Patrick Wheeler, who stood for election as
Chair ¥vhei) Profes8or BleatTrOT Tilleii's ieim Came 10 an end.
Wc iVOTKed hard o(i ijiiprovikng our finai)ci&l repor(s in 2023 to ensuie BASBM has a better unthsthnding of its funds.
nd as a iEs01i ivo ivcrc able to draiv up J neiv reserves policy aNd c¥eatc a plaii for our suiplu5es.
We ivanicil to a(Iracl a giealeF nui1)￿r of inett)Im lo our AGM ihis y&v. aiid as wch created soii)e cduca(LOII
opijortunili&% around th55 10 fuiiher ¢Jigage menibers and provided a l)ybrid eveD(. so ￿￿1]berS had (lie oplioll lo raelivork
well.'Ihe education uiclu¢kd talk% froii) UKAD on ants-d(>ptng, USBMS oi) support foi. traiikee SEM professioiiais, Dr
Nicky Keay oij l)onn(M)e$ ￿]d healih. Pmfessor Patrick Wheeler on iiiulii-dt8¢ipliJiary ieasi)s iii SEM.
We have made chaiigcs to oui. M&As this year to briiig some of the pr(Kesses up to dale eiisure better admini5(rAIio
from BASBM #nd easier inethods foT BASEM Ttjenibers lo coniijiuijicale with lls.
15

ASSOCIATION OF
SPORT AND LtXLItCISE hlEDICINK
REPORT of+ THE TRL,gfEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
TnLStees? Annual Rep(*rt Contlnlled
DevelopR]ient
Ai the eE)d of 2022, BASEM pul &sidc design￿ed futtds for the PUEWSes of developing BASEM'S m¢mbership offer,
including a greater nTJmberof member (ypormnities. education. and events &nd rai5iTr8 awareness of SEM in general. To
eijsure BASEM could iVOTk oth d)e developii)enu BASEM iiKrc&std ihc staff base fuither. ￿ld spent tllne ensuring we
rctrttiied, Iraiiicd. and retaiiied good, high quality stalf, and thai ihe orrice ivas equipped for the increase in slaff nuinbeT5
and irncluded modern-day tecl)tLoIo8y. Our deVd(¥n￿￿1 projects in 2023 ÉiKludcd'.
IT Develoyillenl
To eli￿lre we are i¥orking in the mosi efficient way possible, the leam tevlewed our ¢urrerti rr sysienis aiid fouiid ways
of atstoinaliiig JllftTEy of ihe processes. Tljis intluded our aivards SY￿¢m. whtch previously relicd oil niaiiual sy8￿MS ¢ind
spreadslieei8. Additionally. we have ivorked on updaiing our ivebsiie willi iieiv functio1￿IllY and makiiig il ea8ier for
menibers and noji-members 10 find infornialiotl, iTrcludiTrg Ilie ability lo searth, al￿ easier atctss area. The iicw
BASEM web%ile ivill go live in early 2024 and will be a wittdow 10 everything BASEM does and provide a oiie-sto
shop for metllbers.
Meinbei. Sllpport
Further ￿ r¢que5ts from meMr￿ for increased E￿tWo￿*ing Opl￿nI[1CS. BASENI spent liin¢ this year ¢reaiing tl
pryKe8ses for a inciiibership direcloTy. This %vill be available to all Th￿￿berS lale 2024 and will allow incmbcrs to sta￿h
for oiher mtmher8 b&8ed OTr 8eo8raphical l(Ka(ion, dis¢iplii)¢. or expertis
St4ff Developiuent
ITr ordei 10 Imwove Ehe oiiwtullities for menibers. wc have takeD on ai) dddiliortal Iwtb posts in 2023. Wc CTC&ted two
ew posts to d¢velop th¢ range of education Op1￿U￿1tles. support the wiiiiiiig Ihe 2023 cotilereiicc. provide
admiijislraiion for ille vaAous projects. We al￿ Sp￿il tiJi)e developing a coinpElency-based 5ysieTn io provide staff
Ivith c2reerpaths, and toensure staff ate recogoiseiE Cor ihe iv(M'k they do. SiaETliavc described the leam u5ingU)&se words:
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BlU'I'It*H A5.%OCIAI'IUN or
SPORT AND EXERCISE N.ICi DICINE
REPORT OF T[￿ TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEhqBER 2023
'rrustees' Annual Reporl Confinued
Office RefEI
Wilh a growing team, and a genero1 returEi ro the office p￿t-CovID. in sddition to a iieed for betrer meeting focili¢ies.
Ive invesled til updatTiig oiir office space. We it)trodu¢ed a new meeting room at the office, wl)icli we have offered as a
free io use space to w]y of BASEM'5 members should they iequire some qutei lill￿ or nieetiiig facilitics.
We switched direct debii providers ai Ihe end ofthe year io reduce costs ￿MI ts) sireaiiilÈne our processe5.
Future Plans
Wt havc ti)ade huge inroads to revieiviiig ourcutreni proY¥sion. sYsour¢es and reach. and we are Thoiv in a position to take
Ihe next s(eps ()( our i1]ree-ye￿ strdtegic plan. Uii the liorizons foi 2024 iJiclude5'.
Keeping core rellllionships with partnUS
Member engagen)en(. crcaiing different way5 for Melhi￿ io involved ivith BASEM
Promote rnembers benefils
Ci'eatioji of the iiciv College of SEM
Intstdueiiig lurthet educatith￿l Courses

BRrrIsH AS.SOC.IATION OF
SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE
REPORT OF THE TRiJ'STEES
YOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEhlllER 2023
STATEMEI NT OF TRUST£LS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The trU￿teS (who arc also the direc(ors of BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SPORT AND EXERCJSE MEDICINE foj. the
putposes of company law) &J"e L"espoDsible for wepatitlg (he Rewrt of the Trustees alld ikne finaii¢ial s(aten)enis An
accoi'dajice wkih applicable laiv ond United Kin£dorn Accounting Sthndards {UE)iled KÈiigdoni Generally Accepted
A￿O￿ntil]g Pra¢ti¢el.
Company laiv requires the Ilustees to prepare financial 5tatemellts for cach financial year which give a tFUe aiid fiul Viciv
of the state of affairs of the charilable compaiiy and of Lhc incoJ]iing resourees aRd applÉcalion of resources. includiiig the
ineonie attd expetjdiiure, of ihe charitable coi1)pany for Ihai kwiod. In p￿paring ihose f1Th￿claI staienieTrts. tlje trllslees
are requii'ed ro
select siliiable accountjll8 policies aiid the￿ apply them consistently-
obyi've Ilie meihods at￿ prin¢iplGE Ihe Charity SORP;
iiiake ju(fgeii)ents estimaies Ihat are reas¢y)able and prndeni:
prepare Ilie ncial slalemcnts OD the going concetn b&%is unle&s it is inapp￿P[late to piesun￿ thal the charitable
company will Continue in business.
The tnL%lees are ra%&￿sible for keeping proper ar£oun¢ing records which disclose ivith reasonable accura¢y at any iiine
Ihe financiol posilsor) of the Charilable ¢OTDpany alld to enable theni 10 ensure Ihal the firtaneial watejiieiits ¢oftiply iviili
the Conipat)ies Act 2006. They are also JZSPLin5ible for 5afeguatdiii8 the a55ets of the cli&Titable coRiipaThy and heiice for
iaking reasonable sreps for tl)e preveniion and deieeiion of fr8tid ￿}d other irregularities.
In &0 far as the irusiees are Aware..
there 18 no relevant audit infotThation of ivhich thc charitablc company's audiiors arc un2ware- and
the Iiu8iee8 liave iaken ail steps thzi they ougllt LO have tsken lo n)ake lI￿nISelveS awart of any relevant alldit
informatiott and to e￿ablIsh that Ihe oudiiors are awwe of that infomation.
AUDITORS
The auditors, X¢inlldin Audii Liinited, will be prwsed forre-appointm2nt ai the forth¢oming Annual General Meetiiig.
1811012024
Ayproyed by order of the board of (tU5kes oll ............................................. and sigtKd on its behalf by:
hee
r P Wheeler loct 18, 2024 12..28 GMT+II
Dr P Wlieeler, Cliair
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REPORT OF THE INDEPENDLKf AUDII()R.8 TO THE MEMBEI RS OF
BRITISH ASSOCIA TION OF
SPORT AND F.XERCISE MCDICINE
Oplni¢ill
We ljave a￿d￿red Ilie finat)Ci31 slatcmct￿ of BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SPOR'f AND EXBRCISE MEDICINB (Ihe
'charilable ¢oinpany'l for the year ended 31 December 2023 ivhich Comprise ihe SialeMenl of Financial Activities. tli6
Balaace Sheet. Ihe Ctsh Flo1¥ Sta(etneJii and note5 lo die financial .siaieii)enis, including a summary of .8i8Jiificallt
&ccoui)iing policies. The final￿la1 reportlllg framework Ihat ha5 ￿ell applied in their preparation is applicabl¢ law a￿d
ulli￿d Kingdom Accounitng Sthndards (Ujiited knngdoni Generally Accepied Accounting Practice).
lji our opinioi) the fiii&ncial slaleJnei)ts:
gtve tyue alid fair vieiv of the state of the charitable coinpany's affairs as ai 31 DeC¢Mb￿ 2021 and of irs iiiC(Mi)ii)g
resour¢¢s artd appltcaiion of resollrces. including its incorne and expendi(u￿. lor Ihe year elided,.
have been properly prepared in actordance ivith Uniied Kingdom Generally Aecqxed Accouiiling Pracliee., aiid
l)ave been prepared in accord￿let wilh the requiremertts of the Comp21)ies Aci 2(X)6.
B4sls fni. opliilon
We COMduc(ed our audil ill ac¢ordan¢e ivith Internaiional Swidards Auditing (UK) {ISAs (UK)) énd applicable law.
Our responsibilities uiider tIK>se slandards ate further de5CTibed in the Audifors, resp¢)tJsibiliiies for tlie audit of tlie
rinan¢ial %iaiet)ients sectÈoll of our rcp)rt. We are independenl of ihe charklable COTnpany ith actordaiicc wilh ilic ellii¢&l
iEquireiiieiii% thal are relevant lo our audit ol the financial staienients in tlie UK. includii)g the FRC'S Eilii¢#l S￿n￿al¥l,
znd we liave fulfilled our oibet eLhi¢al iespoiuibili¢i&% iii aecordantt these requiretllellls. We believe tlial the audit
evideiiec we have obtained is suffjcient and appropriaie io provide a basis for our opinion.
Colielusloihs i*lailiiE lo golnE comcern
In audilfiiig ihc fiTrap.eial sthiements. we have concluded ihat the lThstees' use of the going concern basis of accounting i
thc preparatÉoii of the fjnancial slatenients 15 apprapriate.
Based on the work ive have perfOrn￿d. we have not identtfIed any matertal uncertainti&8 rclating to evenis or conditions
IhaÈ. iiidividually or c¢)Ile¢iively, may ca5t.4igtiifjc￿lt doubt on the cbarilable con]paAy'5 ability lo cotllinue a$ a going
¢oftcerJi foi. a period of a( least iwelve mon11￿ froiii ivhth the flnancial stalemeAits are auihorised for issue.
Our respoi)sibilittes and Ihe responslbiliiies of the tru￿¢t& ivith tGSpect to going concern ail described iii the relevailt
5ectioiis of this ieport.
Olliei. IEifoi'lliatioii
The trusre&% are lEsponsib￿ for tbe other inforniAlion. The other infomution coijiprises the infoni)alioii included in il)e
Annutsl Report, oilier tl)an the finatscial siatrA￿ltS and our Repon of ihe Indyiideiil Audstor5 thereon.
Our opiniot] oil the fin&iicial sl8l¢ments dlw not ¢overthe thr infornialion and. except to Ihe exiet)t otherwise explieitly
sIAied in our report we do iiot expre&8 any fomi ola5Wtan¢e conclusion thereon.
fn connectioii ivith (xir audit of ihe finan¢ial 8lateii)et)ts, our responsibility is to the other inlormalion and, in doing
so, considcr whether the oiher infotmalioji is ilialerially li￿ortsi￿teftl ividi iht financial statenients or our knowledge
obtaiIied iii Ilic audil or ￿lie￿1vISe appears to be niaierially miss(#ied. If ive ideniily sudi maierial illcoiisisiencies or
apparent ma¢erial nussiatemenis. we are required lo detemiine wl)ether Il)is gives rise 10 a material nJissiaiemwil iii the
rinllncial siateineiiis themselves. If. based on ihe work ive I￿ve t*rfoi'iiie<t. Ive conclude tha¢ lI￿re is a mAierial
MIS￿￿1¢11)ent of this oiher tnfmnation, ive are required to rep)rt thai fact. We have iiothiug lo rewrt tliis ￿Eard.
OpiiiTOliS on ollier inotlers p￿sU.1bed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinioTr, based oil the ivork uihderlakcn in the course of the audit..
thc itLfoiAiaiioft given in tl)e Reportof theTn]stees lorthe fllwcial yearfor which the fjtkaiicial slalemait% ¥seprepared
is COJ15islent t1￿ finan¢ial siatements: and
Ihe Report of tlie T￿Stee& hÈs been prepared irt Accordan¢e ivith appIicable legal requirejncnts.
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REPORT or THE INDEPEliDENT AUDII'ORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
BRrfisH AS8OCIATION OF
SPORT AND EXERCISE NICI DICINE
Maftei's oil wlileh we al'e requlred to report by exceptioii
ITr the light of tlie kno1vle￿ge understanding of ilic ct)aritAblc company and i¢senviroThmcnl obiali￿d in the course of
the a￿di[ wc have not identified tElat￿lI1 m]&slaien￿nts in the Report of the TA￿tee$.
We have nothing lo report iii respect of the following mailers whexe the Compaijies Aci 2(K>6 requir￿ to teport to you
if, iii our opinioLI'.
adequaie accounting records have ￿0t tKen kept retu￿￿ *d￿vate forouraudii havenot been received from branches
t)oI Visiltd by us; or
lh¢ finan¢iAI.statements are t)ot a8rceii)cnt with the ￿CoUnting rttoFds and returns- or
certwn disclosure5 of Itustees. remuneraiion S￿¢ir1ed by laiv are iKJi niade; or
we liave llOI received all the infornjalion and eAplaoalion.£ ive tyiuiie for OUT audit. or
tlie li￿sleeS were not entiiled to take advat]ia8e of the s￿851 conipanies exeTE)plion from the requiiEmeiii 10 prepare a
SErategic Repoii or in preporing ibe Report of the Th￿tee
Respoijsibilities ot Irustees
As expldÉned tnore r￿llY in Ihe Siattment of Trustees, RespoTtsibilitie5. the trustecs (who are also the directors of the
charitable coinpatty for ihe puryx)ses of ¢ompwFy law) respoiisible (or the preparaiioE] of the fiiiaiicial 51a(einents attd
for ￿li}s satisfied ihal Ihey give a true and fair view, and for Such iJiien)al tontrol as the trusltcs deterniiThe 1.% nece%sary
io enable tilt prcparatson of financial sia(enients that &re flee from rnaietial ￿ls$tAteMent, Ivheiher due io fraud or error.
In preparingthefinai)cial siaiements. rhe intstees a￿ restx>nsible foras5essÈn8 the cliartiablecompny's abilily 10 continue
as a goiE)g concetn, disclositlg. as applic4ble. n)atters related 10 RoinR cojiecni and llsiThE the goiiig concem basis of
actouiJtill£ uiiless the trustees either intend to liquidaicth¢¢hari¢able toinpany or io¢ease operations, or liave t)0 realisti¢
al*niutiv¢ bui lo do so.

REPORT of* THE INDEPEhDEI NT AUDITORS TO THE MEMJIERS OF
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF
SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE
Oui. respoiisibillties for the audit nfthe fu￿￿Cl&l statem￿lts
Our objectivcs are n obtain rtasoDable assurante about ivliedi-r thefinaiitial sra¢enients as a ivhole are free froni mateiiaj
misstatenient. whether duc lo fraud or error, and to iMu¢ a Report of the Independeiit Audhtors ihai ￿ncludeS our op￿￿10￿.
Reasoiiable assur3n¢e È% & higli level of assurance bul is not a guarantee thal an audil conducted in atcordance witli JSAS
IUKI Ivill alivays dele¢t a n)aterial ttlisslatrn￿nt when it exists. Misllatemetsts cali >llise fiDm fraiid oi. eiTor aiid are
considered mlltei'i21 if, individually or in the aggregaie, they could reasonably be e1￿cled to infI￿enCe the econoniÈc
decisions of users iakeii on the basis of these financial Statements.
Tlie extent to ivhich OiLr piocedures arc capablc of dctecting irregularitÉG%. including fraud 5s delailcd bBIow.'
Irregulariiies. tncludillg fraud, are in5taiic¢5 of non-compliance iviih laiv.% and r2gulati(MiS. We design procedures itt line
lviih our responsibilities, outlsiied aknve. 10 detect niaterial niisslatements in ￿SpeCt of irregulariiieg, in¢ludiiig fraud. The
exieiit to whÉch ou¥ proce<lurts are ¢apable of defecting Irregulari(1￿ iiicludiiig fraud is detailed below..
Based on oui. UDder.%tandiii8 of the ClMi]pany. we identifled that ihe ptincipAI risks of n(bn<oii)pliaiice ivith laivs aiid
regullltion$ relaied 10 building regulaiions and corporation tax legisl&tÈon and we con5idercd the ¢xteni to ivliich
non-coiMpliaTrce Enight have a nio￿nal effeci on the fiiianeial siaietnejjts. As part of tliis as5essmenl we considered both
quaiitiEk(ivc and qualiÉ&live factor5. We al%0 considered those laiw and rcgu1aiiol￿ ihat have a direct impact on the
pIEparaiion on the financial siateinenls. such as the Compallie5 Act 2￿& and FRS 102.
We evaluated management's inceniives and opponvniiies for fraudulent iiianipulation of the fillaneial staiemenis ivliieh
included the risk of ￿￿llageMen1 ovwide of controls. We deierni1i￿d thai t1￿ pri1￿1PaI risk5 were related to postiiig
AJ14ppropriale journal entries. oAiilting. ￿1VancIng or dclayirtg re¢ogniiion of ev￿ts athd transactions that have oeciirred
during or after Ihe reportLJig ￿riod, at)d potenti21 manage5neni bias in (he deternlinalioii of attOUntitt8 estiinaies or
judgemerhls lo man,'pulale resul15.
Audit procedures Exrformed by the engagernent team incluth:
- Eiiquirittg of aiid obiainiijg wrÉtten representati￿ from Mat￿gen]ent in relation to known or suspected instaiices of
Iwii-compliaiiee with laivs and regulations ￿ld fraud:
Evaluaiion of m￿lage111ell('S conlrols designed io prevent aijd dcle¢t irregulariiiu.
Edciilifying and. where relei'aiit. tGstin8 journal entrie5 Posted by sertior rt)8nagenien( or with unusual coii1bit)&tio￿S.
Assessifig artd evaluaiiiiB the bu5iJiess rau0]￿le ofsignifjcant (ransaction5 Outside Ilie iiornial Course of business.
Reviewiiig financial 5tatemen¢ dis¢losuies and tesiing to.Euppo￿￿8 docutllenlalioij lo assess coinpliance wÉih
applicable law% and regula(ioths:
Revieiv of correspolldeiice iviih reEulalors in 50 fai. as t]Ky are reluled to the financial sthiemeilts:
Iiieorporaling elemenis of ujipredietability into the naiurG (Lrnjiig andlor e%ieni of aiidii procedures performed.
There are irthereTrt limitalions in the audit pr(KedLtres described alxjve alld t1￿ further re￿￿Ved notl-coinpliance witli
laws aiid regulations is from Ihe events and (ran&￿tIonS reflecfcd sn the finan¢tal 9(a￿mentS, (lie less likely we would
beconic aware of IL Also, Ilie risk of deteciing a niaicrial ini&51a(ement due lo fraud is liiglier tliaIi 11)e ri.%k of Jiot
delecling otK Eesuliiiig froni error, fraud ￿￿Y involve deliberate conceainienl by. for exaniple, forgery or iAtentiollal
n￿S￿PreSe1I￿liort. or (kn'ough collusion.
A fui'tlier desciipiion of our reswinsibilities for the alldit of the financial stsiemen(s is IocAled on die Finaiicial Reportiiig
Couiieil's iveb&sie Al Ivivw.fr¢.org.uklaudi(orsrespoJtsibililid¥. Thisdeseripiion forn￿ psrtof our Reportof Iheliidependent
Auditors.
Othei. iiiatters wliicli we required (o &ddre&s
We draiv aiielluoti to the coniparalive iiilormalion which h&5 not been audiied, as in the previous period Ilie Conipaiiy fell
below Ilie Siatuiory Aydil limi
Our opinion is not modified ibi respect of this maiter.
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REPORT OF THE INDF.PENDENT AUDITORS TO THE IrfEMBERS OF
BRITISH A&SOCIATION
SPORT AND EXEI RCISE MEDICIIYE
Use of oui. i'eporl
This rew)rt is made solely to Ihe charitable eompany's Men]￿rs. gs a body. iii accordaiKe iviih Cjiapler 3 of Part 16 of
IheCompanÈ¢% Aci 2(KJ6. Ouraudil work hasbeen underiaken so that WC might Stale to thc charkÉable ¢on)pany's membei
Ihose n)aLters wc arerequired to siaie to then) in an audiiors. iepDT( andforno odia. pllrtmbse. To the fulleslexlelltperrnilled
by law, Ive do not accept or assunie responsibilily to
ther than ihe charitable conipaiiy aii(t tli¢ cliaritobie
conipaRy'% tJ)embers as a bocly, f¢x'
dit wo￿. fo
or f(x' the opii)ions we have fthmed.
Is re]x)r
Andrew Cribb FCA (Senior Si
tor
foi. and oil behalf of xe￿I12d1n Audit
Sidiiigs House
SKdings Court
L2keside
Doneasler
SouJi Yorkshire
DN4 5NU
diior)
in)i*d
J8 I, ILJF
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BIIITISH ASSOCIAIIOh' OF
SPORT AND EXERCESE hIEDICINE
STATE￿IENT OF FIYI ANCIAL AcfivITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2Q23
2023
Total
ruiids
2022
Total
ruiids
Unrestiicled
runds
R&*iritled
fund
No
INCOME AND NDOWMENTS FROM
Cliai'ltRble &cllvlties
Mejnbcrsliips
Coui'ses
Coiiferetices
Jounjal pa*lJierthip
169,129
33,187
111,681
627,4S7
[69,129
33,187
111,681
627,457
159,880
31,040
56,462
577,398
Othei. IradiJE activities
lllveslnient inconie
S4,SSO
17,J39
14,829
Toixl
1.013J43
1,013 343
852,673
EXPEI NDITURE ON
Rai8iJig funds
869
ChAI'ilAble aetlvltles
Member5hLP5
Coui'ses
Coiiferen¢es
Jouriial partllership
Awards
269,342
163,641
280,775
88,155
269,342
163,641
280.775
88,155
286,879
39.537
203.007
91,445
4.829
Total
625,697
Nei gaiiis oo investsneiits
NET JNCOME
161,033
161,033
226,976
RECONCILIATION OTr fi UNDS
Total fuiids biY)ugh¢ forwaiKi
2,799.815
4.115
2.803,930
2,576.954
TOTAL fuNDS CARRIED FORWARD
L960J48
4,115
1964,963
2.803.930
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IIRII'ISH A&SOCIATION OF
SPORT AND EI XERCISE fvIEDICINE
BALANCF. SHEET
31 DECEMBER 2023
2023
Total
runds
2022
Total
funds
Utwstritied
funos
Rtstricled
fund
Notes
rilXED A&8ETS
Tatigible assets
Investment properly
13
14
A7&083
17&083
206 000
342.065
384,083
341065
CURIIEI NT ASSETS
Debtors
Cash ai baiik
15
532,496
532,496
2,IK8
69
469,605
2 072 847
4,115
2,646,950
4,115
1651,065
2.542.452
CRF.DITORS
Aniount5 falliiig due within year
16
170,18S)
{70.1851
ISD,587)
NET CURRENf Assrrs
2 580,880
2.461,865
'OTAL ASSETS LESS CUIIRENT
LI￿[LIT
1960,848
4,115
1964,963
2,803,930
NET ASSEITS
2960,848
2.8(13,930
riUNDS
Ullresiiicted fi]llds'.
DGsigiiaied fuftd
Uttr&£tricied ftsnd
Awaiyls fund
18
130,000
2,745,533
452.300
2,347,515
2,960.848
2,799,815
Re%ti"icted fuiids..
Restricled luiids
4,115
TOTAL FUNDS
964 963
2,803.930
Tli¢se financial slalenieiils have been prepared in a¢cordanc¢ iviili Ihe provisions applicablc lo charilable coiE)p*nics
subjeci ¢0 Ilie sinall coinpaEEies regime.
1811012024
The fjnllncial stoiements were approved by thc Boa￿ of Trustees authoris¢d for issue 01)..................................-.....-....
aiid ivere sigi)e41 oil its beholf by:
Wkeele
Dr P Wl)eeler loit IB, 2024 12.'28GMT+il
Dr P Wheelei.. Chair
24

BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF
SPORT AND EXEBLJSL ￿￿EDICINE
CA.SH FLOW STATCI MF.NT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEfvtBER 2023
2023
2022
Noi
Cgsli flows fi￿1￿ opei?tiiig aetlvltles
Cash generated fium operdtions
Finance eosts paid
47,813
249.894
4,9391
Nei cash provided by operatin8 actLVLties
244,955
Casb nows froin inveslLIIE activities
Puirhase of tangibl¢ fixed a￿et$
InierLst received
(5,5121
1,575
Net cash provided by ii)VLKirtg aclivili
ClIRt]ge In t4sh cash equiyalents In
tlie reporllng pei'lod
Casli and easli equlyalents At tlie
begimiÉiig of the reporllng perlod
45,722
246,530
2 1172 847
1,826,317
C8sb and CAsh equlvaletits at the end or
Ibe rei)oi'tiiig period
118 569
2.072,847

IIRITISH ASSOCIATION OF
SPORT AWD EXERCJSE MEDICINE
NOTES TO THE CASH FLOW STATEMEINT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEf¥IBER 2023
REI CONCILIATION ofi INCOIrfE TO NEf CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING
Ae.TIVITir_s
2023
2022
Net Incoine fejr the reporting perlod (as per the Siatemenl of Flnanelal
Activities)
Adiusliiienls for:
Depreei2tion charge5
Losses on inv&4lmenls
Intthrsi reeeived
inatlce costs
Iiiciease in debtors
(Ikcrease)Itnereasc creditors
161,033
226,976
5806
(41,9121
19,966)
6,545
{62,891)
10 402)
9.222
(1,5751
4,939
{29,9231
40.255
Net c25h pi'ovlded by operallons
249,894
ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN Nrr FUNDS
At 1.1.23
Cash flow
At 31.12.23
Net c%sh
Cash ai bank
2.118 $69
1118,569
Total
2 072.847
45,722
1118,569

BRITISH ASSOCIATION QF
SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICIN
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATELN.IEp¥rs
FOR TIIE YLAII Li h'DLD 31 DECLMBLR 2023
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Ilasts of piepai'iiig tlie fiiiancial statemeiits
The fiiianeial 51ateiiients ()f il)e eh?riiable con)pany. Ivhich is a public benefjt entity under FRS 102. hive been
pIEpared iii accordance ivÉth the ￿arities SORP {FRS 1021 'A¢couniiiig and Reporting by Cliaritieg.. Sta(eiiient
of Re¢oiiimeiided Prnelice applicable to charilie5 preparing their &ccounts in acEord4nce ¥vÈth tlie Findiicial
Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Rewiblic of Ircland IFRS 1021 (effe¢tÉv¢ l Jaouary 20191,, Fillan¢ial
Reporling Siandard 102 The Fiiianeiai Rep(xling Staiidard applicable ii) the UK and Repiiblic of Irelaiid, aiid the
Coinpaiiies Act 21K)6. The finan¢ial sta¢ements have been preyaml under the lii.%Lorical co%t c4)nvelluon, a
niodifsed by Ihe revaluation of certaiTr assets.
Incoine
All ijicome is ftc4)gni5ed in the state￿￿nI of Fijiartcial Activiues once tlie eharity has uititlen)eiEI to the fiiiids. li
is probable that thc income ivill bc rcccived and the atnount can be measuftd reliably.
Where incomifig r&soiirces have ￿la￿d ex￿n￿li￿re (as iviih furtdraiqit)g or contrKt Inc0￿C) the
incoming iEsoufce5 ar￿ related eXt￿ndItUre are reportcd gra%$ in the SOFA.
Jn accordance with the chariti￿ SORP (FRS 102). the general Yoluntecr lime is nol rttognised, iefer
lo ihe trusiees report for more iKformation atrK)ui Iheir contribuiion.
Kypendilure
Liabiliiies are re¢ognised as expenditure as siK>n as there is a le8al or constr¥Jclive obligatioii ¢omniilling Ihe
Cli￿￿(Y lo ihat eA￿Adit￿re. it Is probable that a transfcr of economic benefits will bc tcquired in seIde￿en1 and
tlie ￿1)QU￿[ of tlhe obligaiion can be measured reliably. Expenifjiiure is accottnled for on an accnlals basis and has
beeit classified under tlie aclivily that aggttgale all cost related io the a¢uvi¢y. Where costs ¢a￿lIot be directly
aiirÉbuted io particular lieadii185 Ihey have l￿en allocated to aciiv.ties on a basis ¢oii$i$ieni with the use of
resouKes.
Awards offered subjeci to e(bndiliotks which liave bee]i mei at thcytarcnd dale are noted &5 a comMitme￿t but
ol accr￿1 as expcnditure.
Govei'jiance costs
Governance costs include costs of (he prepttrntron and audif of siaruiory accounis, re￿)￿j￿rauo￿ to trustees for
services iioi related to dutie5 of beii)g a Iru5tee. costs of trustee W￿1]￿kS and theco4 of ally legal odvice to trustees
on govemance or conslifviional Inatlers.
AllocatTOII IIEid #pportioiinient ofcosts
Adijiiiiistration costs are Lhose ihal assist the iVOTk of the ¢harity bui do not dtredly represenl clF8rilable actsvsties
3iid in¢luLle orrice cosis, governat)ce eo8ts at)d adillinistrative payroll eosts. Tliey ale incvtted direelly in suppori
of exwditure oil (he objects of il]e charily and are allijcated to aeiivily eom eaiegories on a basis cottsisienl ivii
the use of resources.
Irre¢overable VAT 58 charged as a cost against the 8Ctivity which thc expe1￿lture is incurred.
Website develnpiiiL¥iII
Wcbsilc developR)eni is wri(ien off over thTee years. wliicb is thc peri¢xi coijsidered Iliesi(eivill piY)videeeo￿)nIiC
T#nglble flxed S￿ets
Depreeiation is Exovided at the followinganilual rates illorderto iyrite off each a55et over Èts estimated use￿] life.
tA)ng leaseliold
Fixiuies 2￿d fEttit]gs
2% on cosi
20% cost
27

BRrrisH ASSOCIATION OF
SPORT AND EXE4 RCJSE DICINE
NOTES TO THE FINI AYI CIAL sfATEMFNTS- continued
FOR I'HE YEAR Tr￿,DLD 31 DF.LLMBER 2023
AccouNfiNG POLICIEg- contillued
Taiigible fixed assets
Conipu(er equipment
25%on C￿1
liivestjneiil pl￿pertY
Iiivtstineiit pjoijeriy is shown at niost recent valualion. Any ag8regate surplus or dcfECit arising from cliaiiges 111
fair value is re¢ogrtised in ihe Sta(eili￿li of Financial Acuviiles.
Tfixatilli
T12e ¢hariiy is exenipt from corpor￿￿on lax oo its charimble aciivi(ies.
Fund aecountiiig
Unirstricted funds Can be used IJJ accordance with thecharsthble objectives at ihe dÉscrction of tlie trustecs.
De%ignated fund% are uthrestricled funds sel aside by Ihe dire¢iors for specifi¢ future puwes or projecls.
Reslricted funds only be used for particular restricted wtposes wKthiii Ihe ￿)jects of tjie ch￿lty. Restri¢lions
arise when spe¢ified by the donor or whell ful￿S are raised for particul￿ restricted PULpose8.
Further explanatioR of the nature and of each materlal fund is included in the notes ID th¢ financial
siatrmenls.
Hire purcliase and leaslng eo1llmlfm￿lts
Rentals p2id undu operating lea5C5 arc charged to Ihe StaletTLent of FinaJi¢ial AcliYi(se5 on a siraighl line basis
over ihe pcriod tsf ihe lease.
PeEtsiiJn eosts and other post-r¢tlremenl beiieflts
The charitable company operate5 a defitjed crJl)lribulion p￿￿101) Schett￿. CxAitributions payabl¢ to ¢lie tharitable
company's pension schcme are charged to Stale4nent of Financial Acliviiies in ihe period to ivliich they relaie.
OTHER TRADING AcfivIT
2023
2022
Sponsorship
14,829
INvrsfMENT INCOIWIE
2023
2022
Rwiis reteiyed
Deposit Ir CCOUlIt iNterest
7,373
11,489
1,575
13.064
28

BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF
SPORT AND EXERCISE fvJEDICINE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEINTS- eonunutd
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEhllBER 2023
INCOMCt FROM CHARITABLE AcrIvrriES
2023
2022
Activity
emkr subscripiions
Memberships
Course fees
Courses
Cortgress iiicoijie
Confer￿lee5
Share of profJLg from j<Mlliia] JourTrc11 partnership
169,129
33,187
111,681
27.457
159,880
31,040
56,462
577,398
941,454
824 780
RAISING FUNDS
Other tradlng acllvities
2023
2022
Sponsorsbip
869
CHARITABLE AcfiviTIES COSTS
Support
costs (see
t)0￿ 7)
Direct
TO￿lS
Memberships
Courses
C.onfttttnces
Jourjial patyiersliip
Aivards
80,IJ33
24,607
205,693
88.155
189J09
139,034
7&082
269.342
163,641
280,775
88,155
91,440
478,789
893 J53
SUPPORT cosrs
GoV￿lIance
costs
Ad¥niDistrarion
Totals
Member811ips
CO￿rseS
Confei'en¢es
Aivai'ds
185,372
130,44
70.695
71,183
3,937
8594
4J87
189,309
139,034
75,082
75
478 789
29

BRITISH ASSOCIATIOIN OF
SPORT AYD EXERC'ISE %IEDICJNE
NOTES TO THE filiNANCIAL STATEMENTS- eontinued
FOR TEIE YEAR ELYDED 31 DECLMBLR 2023
T INCOMEI(EXPENDITUREI
Nei in¢Oine/{eXp￿idI1￿re) is slated after chargiii81(crediitnBI:
2023
2022
Auditors, reiiiulleration
Depre¢ia¢ion- oivned assets
Hire of plant and niacliinery
9,600
5,407
1.129
3,600
9.232
,383
TRUSTEES, REfvIUNERATION AND BENEFITS
202J
2022
Truslees, fees
4.200
11)c lolloiviiig rcmuncration was paid io chari1￿$ Inistees, for servic¢s toivards providing th¢ Coiiipany's
cliarilable aims..
2023
2022
Dr Jalle Dunbar
Mrs Lucy Wright
Dr Dane Vishnubllla
1,400
1,000
1012
1,400
The board have given tegard lo the Cliatily Cofftffti&sion'E guidance and coii%idu tlw paynieni.s lo b¢ in the besi
interest ai)d reasonable for services provided.
No I'emunerdtSOL) was paid to the tr￿￿te$ during ihe financial year or w¢vious financial year, for their duties a8 a
truslee.
Tiwlees, VApeiLses
2023
2022
Tru5tees' expe1￿5
510
3,930
30

BRITISH ASSOCIATIOh' OF
SPORT AND EXERCISE hIEDICINE
NOTES TO THE FIN'ANC.IAI. STATEMEIN'TS- continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
io.
STAFf COSTS
2023
2022
Wages salaties
Social security costs
Other pe1￿10￿ ¢osts
195.414
14A54
134,535
9,235
7.142
221,345
150,912
Th¢ average monthly iiumber of employtts during the year wag as follows:
2023
2022
AdminiMrAtion & management
The llumber of employtts whose en)ployee benefits {ex¢luding employer pension co$(s) exceeded £60.1)00 ivas:
2023
2022
£60,(X)1 _ £70,IXX)
Less thaii £60.(XKI
Remuneratio￿ ID key nianagement petsonnel in the financial Y￿ totalled £63,600
COfvIPARATIVTrS FOR THE sfATEIlAEINT OF FINANCtAL AcfivITILS
UDrestricled
IuiKIs
Restricted
7'ola]
fuiTrds
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Cli&ritable actiTr'itle5
Menibeiships
Coul
Conferences
JoumAI po¥inersbip
159.880
159.880
56.462
577,398
56,462
577.398
Othei. iradit)g activities
Iiiveslil￿lil ii)conie
14.829
13.064
14,829
13,064
Total
852,673
85
673
I XPILNDITURE ON
Cliai'itnble aetivitles
Meitibei'sliips
Courses
Conferences
Joiii'jiai partnershkp
Awai'ds
286.879
39,537
203.1)07
91.445
4544
286,879
39,537
203.007
91,445
4,829
285
'rothl
625.412
285
625,697

BRufi,SH AS.SOCtATION OF
SPORT AND EXERCJSE MEDICINE
NOTES TO THE FIP4thCIAL STATEMENTS . continued
FOR THE YEAR B￿,DED 31 DECEMBEI R 2023
ii.
COF¥lPARATIVES FOR THE gfATDdrNr OF FINANCIAL AcrIvrrtEiS- cotill￿￿¢￿
Unrestricted
Re%tric(ed
lids
fi]iid
Total
funds
NET INCOME/{EXPENDITURE)
227.261
12851
226.976
REI CONCILIATION OII fiUNDS
Tothl funds bioughi forw￿￿
2,572554
4.400
2576,954
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
2.799.815
4.115
2,803,930
li
INTANGIBLK FIXL?D A&SE'rs
WebsiÉe
COST
Ai l Jojiuary 2023 and 31 Decetnber 2023
AMORTISATION
Al l Jaiiuary 2023 atid 31 December 2023
NET BOOIC VALUE
At 31 Deceniber 2023
At 31 Decen]ber 2tr22
13.
TANGIBLE FIXED ASs￿s
F￿tureS
Long
leasehold
co&￿1pUTer
equipjneni
riiiings
Tolttls
COST
Ai l Ja￿llary 2023
Addtliotts
Reelthssifi¢aiion
394,800
11,156
38,975
5,513
444,931
5,St3
1104 088)
Ai 31 DeceI￿￿r 2023
230 712
11,156
44,488
286
DEPREI CIATION
Ai 15#nuai'y 2023
Cliarge foi. year
55272
4,0811
11,156
36,4J8
1,327
102,866
5,407
At 31 December 2023
108 273
T BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2023
171 J60
178,083
Ai 31 Deecinber 2022
339,528
2,537
32

BRITISH AS.4OCIATION or
SPORT AYD EXERCI.SE fvIEDICINE
NOTES TO THE FINA TriCIAL STATEMEf4TS- con(Snued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECCI fvIBER 2023
14.
INVESTM@NI' I'ROPERTY
FAIR VALUE
Revaluation
Re¢la8sificatio
41,912
At 31 December 2023
NET BOOK VALUE
Ai 31 Decemixr 2023
Ai 31 Decen)l*r 2022
Fair value * 31 Decemkr 2023 is represented by:
Valualion ill 2023
Cosl
41,912
164 088
206,000
Is.
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2023
2022
Trade debiors
Pftp&ymenis
505,588
456,423
13,182
532,496
469,605
16.
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIli ONE YEAR
2023
2022
Trade trtdiiors
Social securhiy and other iaxes
Oilier creditors
Pensio
AcCJ￿aIS artd deferred ittcoii)e
25,239
5.400
sis
881
47,339
4,198
606
28,390
70,185
80,587
33

BRITISH ASSOCIA TJOIN or
SPORT AND EXERCJSE M£DICINE
NOTES TO THE NNANCIAL STATEI NqENTS. eontlttued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JI DECfi fvUIER 2023
17.
LEASING ACREEME¢NTS
Minimujn lease paymeJ)rs under non-cti)¢ellable operniiig le4s&E fall due a5 lollows=
2023
2022
Within one year
Beiweell one and five years
643
643
2,249
2,892
18.
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Ne(
movement
in funds
Tra*sfers
betivcen
fllE]ds
Ai
31.12.23
At 1.1.23
lJiiresti'lcted
DesigiiateL4 fund
Uiirests'icled fund
Awards fund
452J
1347,515
{61,654)
221687
{260.6461
17S,331
130,000
2.745,533
1.799015
161,033
60,848
Reslricled fllnds
Reslri¢ied fui)ds
4,115
4,IlS
TOTAL FUNtKs
161033
2,964,963
Net niovciiient in futtds, in¢luded in the above are &$ follows-.
Itlcoming
R¢sour¢es
rcsources expended
Gall￿ attd
Movemenl
in fuiidA
UiiiYstiTrcted fuiids
Desigiialed fund
Unrestric(ed fund
{61,654)
{832.568)
(61,6.$41
222 687
1013J43
41,912
1,013,343
1894
22
161033
TOTAL FUNDS
1013343
41.912
161033
34

IIRII'ISH ASSOCIA TION OF
SPORT AND F.xff RC.18F. NIFJ)lCINE
NOTES TO THE FINAYCIAL STATEMENTS- continued
FOR THE YEAR EI NDED 31 DECEI MBER 2023
18.
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- continued
Compai'ative8 for niovement in
Net
overnenl
it] fi]nds
Transfers
tiveeii
fund5
Ai
31.1122
At 1.1.22
Uiirestrlcted fiin(l$
De5i8nated lund
Uiii'eslricted fund
452,300
452.3001
452,300
2.347,515
2.572.554
227.261
1571554
227.261
2,799,815
Restiicted f￿lidS
Restricted fuiids
4,4(K
{285)
4,115
TOTAL FUNIXS
2.57&954
226,976
2.803.930
Comp￿21&Ve net movemenl in fund& included in the above are as follows..
IncomÈiig
Resollrces
expended
Movement
in fuiids
Uni'esti'icted fuiids
Uiir&8tyicted fuiid
852.673
{625.4121
227.261
Rcstrleted ftsnds
Resiricled funds
(2851
{2851
TOTAL fuNDS
852,673
625,697)
226,976
A curreiit year 12 moniks and prior year 12 nioDihs ry)Mbin￿ ￿$1[10￿ is as follows..
Net
movemenl
in (llnds
Transfers
betweell
futJd8
Ai
31.12.23
At 1.1.22
Uiirestricted fuiids
Designaied fund
Unresiricied fund
A%vords fund
(61.654)
449.948
191.654
(276.9691
85JI5
130,(KbD
2,745.533
85.315
1572.554
2572.554
388.294
2,960.848
Resti'ict¢d fi]Eid8
Re5tiicled funds
4,400
{285)
4.115
TOTAL FUNDS
1576.954
388,IM)9
2,964,963
35

BRrrisH A&SOCIATION or
SPORT AND E.XERLISfi LIICDieiNE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATF.MENTS- eontlnued
FOR THE YEAR NDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
18,
MOVEMCI YT IN FUNDS . eonllnued
A curreiit year 12 months aiid pftor year 12 months eonibined net rnovcment fuiid& ijieluded iii the alx)ve are
as follows..
Incoming
ruource5
Resourec5
expended
Gaiiis and
losses
MoVem￿lt
in funds
Uiii'estrieted fuiids
Designated fund
Uii¥estricted fuiid
(61,(x54)
1,457.980
(61.654)
449.948
1,866,016
41.912
1,866,016
(1,519,634)
41.912
388.294
Re$lYieled funds
Restritted fuiids
{285)
{2851
TOTAI, FUNDS
1.866.016
1.519.919)
41,912
19.
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS
The organisation o￿tateS a defined colltEibution pension scheme.
2023
2ry22
The C(￿ of ihe schellle 10 ihe ehariiy for Ihe year
The amount o( aiiy conlTibu(Lolls outslanding ai the year end
The amouiil of ￿lY coiirrlbutions prcwaid at the year end
11,477
7,142
RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURFS
Tliere were no related party transactioTrs for ihe ycar ended 31 Dewnber 2(r23.
21,
DESIGNATED FUNDS
Designated fUl￿S contaiths irteome frorn unrestrtcted char51able activiues.
T[￿Se funds have been designated to assisl the thari(y itt i]￿prOvIng ils abilily 10 Calry Ollt ils charilable aiins.
Su¢li al￿O￿nts have not t￿7 in¢luded in deferred income as they Iiold llo ￿￿O￿lanCe-ll1a1ed or oilTrer
condilioThs Èhal may lÉmKI recognition.
Tl)e de$igi)aled fuijds are for tt)e following p￿ry)￿￿ anil expecied io k expensed iii ihe 12 monil)s
folloiyillg the balance sl*ei date:
To create a neiv r￿arch trainin8 eourse for n￿]iberS to improve their skills #nd provid¢ ihein ivilh ￿'￿ter
opporluniiies.
BASEM'S cojiiribuiion Iowatds the annu21 tonfexen¢e.
Provision for legal sei'vices in respect of ￿entIal collaboralÈon and &stablishm￿lL of College of SEM,
36

BRITtSH ASSOCIATION or
SPORT AND EXERCISE hEEDICINE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEf4(ENTS- continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023
22.
AWARDS fuNDS
Awards fuuds coiitains incoine from unre$tricted eliariiable activities. Su¢1? aniouiits have iiot bee]1 It￿lUdEd it)
deferred ii)come as Ihey hold ilo performan¢e-related or ￿h¢r ¢onditÉoiis thai tnay limit recog￿ltiOn.
These funds have been designaied for Men)ber8' research awards tontyact¢d bursaries, to promote the
speciality of sporl and exercise n￿diC]r
37